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Companies go to high schools for career training

eSchool News

Since the second semester of his senior year of high school, he has responded to field calls as an employee of the largest underground utility locating company in North America — the Indianapolis-based U.S. Infrastructure Company (USIC). You learn how to work with people,” he said. You learn how to work with people,” he said.

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‘Wasted money’: How career-training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight

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Magilke qualified for a government grant to go back to school, she was told, at a place the center suggested: an online company called MedCerts. But she said she was never told that she needed in-person clinical training — which MedCerts did not provide — to make her a viable candidate for a job as a medical assistant.

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Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers

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For example: In late January, Utah Governor Spencer Cox issued an executive order giving state employees up to 30 hours of paid time off to sit in for missing staff at public and private schools. Company officials say it became apparent during the pandemic that school administrators couldn’t get substitutes fast enough.

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This Company Aims to Become the Amazon of Lifelong Learning

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The Singapore-based company Genius Group has turned some of its attention to the U.S. In July, the company bought the for-profit University of Antelope Valley in California, saying it would incorporate it as a portal in the metaverse, part of the voguish effort to link the globe into “one big classroom.” edtech market recently.

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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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What that metaverse will look like is still a bit vague, but the company gave some hints in prepared statements and in an hour-long video it released. In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion. Zuckerberg’s interest in virtual reality is nothing new.

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4 Ways to make sure the teachers in your school are properly trained

Neo LMS

If a regular company would invest in its employees if it would work towards their advancement and education in order to have said employees achieve great results, why would a school be any different? It’s not the same if you’re training a first-grade teacher and an oil rig foreman. However, the basic principles are the same.

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Degreed Co-Founders Raise $3.5 Million to Help Employees Take Training Sabbaticals

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At many companies, education often falls between the cracks in work-life balance. Employers and workers may see training while on the job as a sacrifice of the day’s to-do list and short-term productivity. And asking workers to partake in training during their time away from work can lead to burnout and lower morale.

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